So who are you picking?

I'm glad you asked. Here are my picks for the Northwestern Mutual World Challenge:

Winner

Rory McIlroy (6-1) -- He's back! Fine, that narrative is stupid, but he is playing well again. In his only appearance here he finished fourth (2010).

He doesn't have great value at 6-1 but I'll take "on" Rory against "on" anybody else in the world not named after an animal. I feel like the best in the world bring out his best so it'll be fun to see what he does this weekend.

Lock for top five

Tiger Woods (9-4) -- Woods has only finished outside the top five once (one!) in the history of this event and he's won it five times.

That's why he's the 9-4 favorite and why he's an easy bet to finish in the top five once again. All bets are off, however, if we see him fire up Air Tiger One on Saturday night for a quick hop over to the Stanford-Arizona State Pac-12 title game.

Sleeper

Hunter Mahan (20-1) -- There are no "sleepers" in this event but I guess Mahan qualifies at 20-1. Only Watson and Haas have higher odds. I have no reason for this pick other than "he's awesome at golf."

Ok, actually I do. His last four finishes here are T9, T4, T5, and T3. He'll be in the mix.

Kyle Porter began his sports writing career with CBS Sports in 2012. He covers golf, writes poetry about Rory McIlroy's swing, stays ready on Tiger watch and loves the Masters more than anyone you know....
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